Check you have the latest drivers for your mobo, ie. if Via chipset download the latest 4 in 1.
The 9800 will work with AGP2x,4x and 8x but will give best performance with 8x, altho it is fair to say that there is little difference in practice between 4x and 8x.

Originally posted by Hodsocks
Check you have the latest drivers for your mobo, ie. if Via chipset download the latest 4 in 1.
The 9800 will work with AGP2x,4x and 8x but will give best performance with 8x, altho it is fair to say that there is little difference in practice between 4x and 8x.

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thz for the info,

Should I download this driver from this webby? Its an 4 in 1 driver as you said. <:

the A7N8X outperforms EVERY other Althon XP board - both in terms of performance and features - and its cheaper than lots of boards - get one! NOW!
i would definatly recommend it!
*humm!* dual channel DDR nice!

What is with this obsession with the A7N8X Delux??? All you've said is dual channel ram... lots of boards have that. 125$ seems too expensive, the only reason to spend that much if it was the best at overclocking... which unfortunately it isn't. The highest oc's i've seen have been on the epox board or the abit.

Basically it's all preference; I've seen the highest OC's on the 8RDA3+, but the NF7-S has Soundstorm audio (unlike the 8RDA3+) and has a better bundle. So basically just pick one: both are amazingly solid and stable boards.

The K7N2 is a nice board, from the side of being an MSI customer I can tell you they are very stable and mine has given me no problems, the only downside is that they don't OC far; IMO get a 2500+ and an 8RDA3+, the best OC'ing combo there is and it's around $200.

is go a7n8x cus its an asus and i like asus
it has loads features - there is loadsa room for a HSF
and its basiclly preference - like Epoc get epoc like gigabyte get gigabyte like asus get asus the performance isnt all that different
Steg

Steg, my point is that with the A7N8X it's not preference, it's just not the best. Period. So the only "preference" here is either NF7-S or 8RDA3+; or maybe MSI if you want a rock-solid stable cheap board.